By Arielle Domb

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Big Brother is back. The 27th season launched on Sunday, with 12 new contestants ready to fight it out in the house.

Tensions were already high, with housemates learning that someone would be departing on the very first night.

Emily, Nancy, Sam, Caroline and Cameron got the lowest number of votes, leaving them vulnerable to eviction.

Cameron and Caroline were told they were safe, but the other three were not. Viewers will find out who is leaving on Monday night’s show.

Here are all the participants on this year’s show:

Gani is a 39-year-old Pizza Hut manager who lives in Bromley but is originally from Chennai, India.

In the past, he’s tried to pursue an acting career, admitting “I’d like to be known by millions.

“I see this as an opportunity not only for my personal growth, but also to help build the future of my personal brand.”

Cameron is a 22-year-old farmer from Taunton who describes himself as an “old soul”. He says he’s only been to London three times and two times were because of farmer protests, including those against Labour’s inheritance tax changes for agricultural land.

“I think I’ll be quite different than the Housemates as I suspect there isn’t another sort of country bumpkin-esque figure and I’m quite looking forward to meeting new people,” he said.

“I’ll hopefully bring a bit of leadership to the house.”

Nancy is a 22-year-old graduate from Italy, who lives in Glasgow. She loves gaming and speaks five languages: Italian, English, Polish, French and Spanish.

On her decision to enter the show, Nancy said: “I don’t want to sound too cliché but I was feeling very lost in my life because I had just graduated from university.

“I’m looking forward to discovering myself even more and seeing how I can connect with people that are different to me.”

Caroline is a 56-year-old PR specialist who has worked with stars such as Kylie and Dionne Warwick. She lives in Canvey Island and has been engaged five times.

Caroline said she entered Big Brother after going to the job centre and being told: “You should do something on the telly. You should write a book. You should go on social media, do videos. You’re too good to sit in an office, you’ve got too much going for you”.

“I laughed it off but I went home and saw the advertisement for Big Brother,” Caroline said.

“So, I just did the video and never thought anything of it. I went back to thinking, ‘what am I going to do in my life?’. And then I got the phone call, and it just went from there and now we’re here.”

Zelah is a 25-year-old personal trainer from South London, with over 85,000 TikTok followers

Zelah, who is trans, said on the show: “The kind of people I don’t usually get along with are bro-y guys, which I know is ironic to say as I sit here in a wife-pleaser and a mullet.”

“People are usually pretty shocked to find out… that I lived as a woman for 23 years of my life. I think I’m living proof that being transgender is not a choice because why would I choose to go from the luxury, the sanctuary of the women’s toilets to the men’s?”

He said if he wins, he’d use the money well. “I think the biggest thing would be that I’d contribute towards my business – training LGBT people and women.

On a smaller note, I’d like to take my girlfriend on a really lovely holiday to say sorry for leaving her while I’m in the Big Brother House.”

Teja is an 18-year-old from Bristol who runs her own cleaning business. She’s extremely close with her mum (the two even share a bed) and she’s also an aspiring actress.

Emily is a 25-year-old political events manager and member of the Conservative Party from Northampton.

Last year, she was falsely accused of throwing a milkshake at Nigel Farage, causing her to become ensnared in a social media storm.

Emily describes herself as “ditsy” and says she’s “gagging” for a husband.

She says she “lives for the plot” and that Brother is another “crazy chapter in [her] very crazy life”.

Marcus is a 22-year-old mechanical engineer from Manchester, who joined the Royal Navy when he was 17. He describes himself as “energetic, over-the-top and loud” and a “flirt”.

He said: “I’m looking forward to just being thrown in the mixing bowl of a group of people who I don’t know and watching all their personalities unfold. I’m buzzing.”

Tate is a 27-year-old from Falkirk, Scotland, who owns Scotland’s biggest Butlers in the Buff company (a provider of party butlers).

He said: “Being part of the ‘buff butler’ stuff, you naturally fall into the role of an entertainer, getting folks chatting and mingling and maybe playing a couple daft games.”

Elsa is a 21-year-old Christian content creator from Essex, who is the girlfriend of the controversial internet personality Ed Matthews.

Elsa says that since she was three, she’s been able to see dead people.

Sam is a 27-year-old Zumba instructor from Skipton. He’s also an aspiring popstar who has released a number of tracks under the name Smashby.

Jenny is a 20-year-old make-up artist from Derry who said she doesn’t hold back on giving her true opinions.

She said: “I think I’m most likely to be nominated for being too honest. Because if you ask for my opinion, you’re going to get it.”